US agribusiness giant Cargill has formed a joint venture with Saudia Arabian food producer Arasco for the creation of starches and sweeteners in the country. The joint venture company will acquire Arasco's existing corn milling facility ...
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US-based foodservice equipment company Middleby has acquired Spooner Vicars Bakery Systems, a manufacturer of baking systems for the cookie and cracker industry. Spooner Vicars Bakery Systems, established in 1849, offers equipment and ...
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Arla Foods Ingredients (AFI), a subsidiary of Swedo-Danish cooperative Arla Foods, is set to establish a lactose manufacturing facility in Denmark with an investment of EUR120m. The plant will be located next to Denmark Protein in Nr. ...
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The UK government is anti-organic and is therefore failing “to promote its benefits” to the public, the boss of an organic and free-from bakery has claimed. Lise Madsen, md at Honeyrose Bakery in London, made the remarks in ...
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Arla Foods Ingredients has revealed plans to invest EUR120m (US$160.1m) in the establishment of a lactose manufacturing facility in Denmark. The plant will be constructed next to the firm's existing main protein factory in Jutland, and ...
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A Cornish pasty firm has secured a government investment of pound 1.5M, which it will use to expand its business and create 50 jobs. The government has invested pound 1.5M in Proper Cornish The investment came from the Business ...
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Scottish bakery Walkers Shortbread has announced the addition of new packaging for the Walkers Festive Shapes cookies line, which offers pure butter shortbread in the shape of bells, stars, trees and Santa Claus. Walkers Shortbread ...
Saudi food company Almarai has reported a 29.2% increase in net profit to SAR369m ($98.2m) for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2012, compared to SAR285.5m ($76m) for the same period in the earlier year. The gross profit for the ...
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Saudi food group Almarai has booked an increase in full-year profits, boosted by sales of baked goods and poultry. Earnings in the 12 months to the end of December climbed by 26% on the previous year, to SAR1.44bn (US$384m), the ...
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UK baker Warburtons has extended its Half & Half bread offering further with the launch of sliced rolls. Half & Half Sliced Rolls join Warburton's Medium and Toastie loaves launched late last year. The baker said it is hoping the launch ...
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If users take to Facebook's new search tool, the social network could be in line to haul in a whole lot of advertising dollars, say industry analysts. Earlier this week, the company announced Graph Search, a tool designed to enable users ...
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Warbutons aims to double its free-from sales during 2013 with a view to becoming the largest brand in the growing free-from sector. As part of this drive, the company is rebranding its line-up of gluten-free and wheat-free products, which ...
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The organic market in the UK is being stifled by poor marketing and the economic crisis, according to major players in the industry. The Soil Associaton is not getting the organic message across to the UK public: Philip Wilkinson, 2 ...
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British baking firm Warburtons has relaunched gluten-free and wheat-free bakery products under Newburn Bakehouse brand. The brand's portfolio also includes white, brown and fruit loaves, as well as white and brown sub rolls, and two ...
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US food group ConAgra foods has appointed General Mills executive Greg Schlafer as president of its Lamb Weston division. Schlafer, who most recently served as VP of the bakeries and foodservice division for General Mills, will join the ...
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